The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-01-16

THE BOSTON GIRL.

Yet not to see il good looks he possesses,
But If his face Int Intelligence expresses,
THE CHICAGO GIRL.
Her eyes are like the stars which shine on
high,
Her hands are whitest marble tipTed with
pearl,
Her feet-alas she's a Chicago ri.
THE OHIO GIRL.
Her cheeks are like the rose that blooms in
June,
Her eyes are blue skies at Summer noon
Her chin-it sets ones senses in = whirl;
Her mouth-alas. sne's an Ohio girl.
Yesterday the weather was as pretty
as any one would wish to see it.
Messrs. Tilghman & Son, of Francis,
have lot of valuable land they are Civ
ing awsy. See special.
The Young Peoples Union Prayer
Meeting will be held this afternoon, at
the Methodist church, at O'Clock.
The Ladies' Union Prayer Meeting
will be held at Mrs. Burlington's, Third
street, tomorrow afternoon, at 8 80 pm.
Business was pretty lively among the
merchants yesterday, but there is still
room for improvement in the way of
trade.
Rev. Geo. X. Allen will preach at the
Baptist Church Sunday at II a. m. and
at 7.30 pm. Sunday school at 10 a. m.
The public is invited to attend.
Mr.. F. C.. Cochrane has a new adver-
tisement of his book and stationery
store this morning. to which we call at
tention. His stock is always full and
complete, and is now very attractive.
Give him a call.
A blind man and a blind woman
were on the streets yesterday, singing
songs and grinding a dolefully-tuned
music box. The charitably inclined
gave them fairly good supply of nick
els, dimes and quarters.
Now that a neat fence has been placed
around the Larkin House lot, and the
place cleared up, it would be a good idea
to have the fence whitewashed. We
make the suggestion to those having the
lot in charge, and hope they will see fit
to adopt it.
The Crescent City Gazette is not very
large paper. but it is an honest one. 1t
compliments THE NEWS every week by
reprinting articles from its columns, and
it never fails to give proper credit, and
there is where the honesty comes in
We commend the example Of the Ga
.ette to our exchanges.
Mr.. w. j. Vinegar, after the meeting
of the Chapter on Friday night. played
the host at a nsat little banquet given at
the Putnam House in honor of the Royal
Arch Masons in the city. MIR. Barron
spread the tables with the best in the
house, and a most enjoyable time was
spent by the gentlemen present.
Mr.. p. Barrentine, of Buffalo Bluff,
yesterday sent us q bunch of five of the
largest turnips we have seen grown IN
this section. They were of the very
large white variety, and show the effect
Of the good land at Buffalo Bluff. and
Mr.. Barrentine's intelligent manner of
cultivation. We shall feast on those
turnips to-day for dinner.
Mr.. j. G.. Mangold, our artist. has pre-
scented us with a number of new view.
made on his recent trip to South Florida
and Indian River. The views are very
fine ones, and will no doubt meet with a
large sale. He has quite large stock OF
views OIL hand, taken in almost every
section Of Florida, and can supply any
demand that may be made on him for
such work.
Crescent City Gazette: Mr.. Rufus III.
Braswell made this office a pleasant call
yesterday. He informed the editor that
he bad moved to Palatka, where he pro-
posed to embark in the mercantile busi-
ness. Mr.. B. ia first class business
man, and we have not the slightest
doubt he will make his new enterprise a
grand success. He will let onr readers
know when he will open.
Florida is beyond question the most
popular place in America for newly
welded couples, and the number who
spend their honeymoons here each sea-
son would astonish even the /" oldest in
habitaut." A well-posted hotel man, In
talk with a News reporter last night,
SAYS that more than ever are here this
season. in fact a large portion of the tour
ist travel being made up of these happy
mortals. 1t Is amusing to watch them.
for every mothers son and daughter of
them are anxious to hide the fact that
they have just been married, and sue
coed admirably-in letting everybody
know it by their actions.
We have seen several circulars lately